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Roller for Floor Cloth.

No. 65,223. Patented May 28, 1867.

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ROBERT HOSKIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 65,223, dated Zlfay 28,1867.

ROLLER FOR FLOOR-CLOTH.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ROBERT HOSKIN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Roller for Receiving Printed Floor-Cloths for Drying; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a cross-section through the roller.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section through the same.

Figure 3 is a'perspective View of one of the movable stretching-bars.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to a new and improved roller, which is designed for receiving upon it floor-cloths as they are printed, and to hold such cloths until the paint upon them is thoroughly dry. The invention is intended to economize in space by providing for rolling up the cloths so that their surfaces will not touch each other, instead of having the cloths stretched upon long racks, as will be hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a drum, which may be made of any suitable length and diameter, and which has large circular heads or flanges a a applied to its ends, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. On the inside surfaces of the'fianges a a is a number of radial grooves, 12 b, for receiving the longitudinal stretching bars a c, which are constructed with their ends bent at right angles, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, for the purpose of separating or spacing them, when applied within the grooves 12 b. The first set of bars 0, or those which are nearest the cylinder A, are held firmly at the inner ends of their respective grooves by the stops 0, and do not require to have their ends bent at right angles. The bars are all movable, and can be detached from the roller as the cloth is unwound from it.

The manner of applying the printed cloth upon the roller is as follows: The end of the cloth is attached in any suitable manner to the bar a, which is then inserted into the longest one of the radial grooves Z1; the next bar a is then inserted into the next groove, and the cloth drawn over it, and so on until the cloth has made one turn around the cylinder A, when the rods or bars 0 are used until the roller has been filled. It will be seen, by reference to fig. 1, that the cloth is wound upon the bars 0 and c in a spiral or volute form, and that it touches only the stretching-bars, which are applied as the cloth is wound up.

By my invention the newly painted surface of the cloth will not be blurred or injured in any manner in consequence of the cloth being wound upon a roller, as the surfaces are separated, and while this is the case, it will be seen that freedom for ventilation is allowed in as perfect a manner as though the cloth were hung up or spread out upon a flat surface to dry. Rollers constructed in this manner can be mounted in bearings near the printing-table, and the cloth wound upon them as it is printed, after which the whole can be carried to the drying-room, and there allowed to remain until the paint is thoroughly dry.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A roller, which is constructed substantially as described, for receiving cloth upon it for drying, so that the surfaces of the cloth are kept separatcw ROBERT HOSKIN.

Witnesses:

W. H. BROOMHALL, H. W. PosT. 

